Three people have been charged with human trafficking after Toronto police rescued a 14-year-old girl who they said was forced into sex work at a downtown hotel. Police said security staff responded to a noise complaint in a hotel room in the Bay Street and Dundas Street West area last Friday night. The teen told police she had been invited to the hotel by the three accused, and was then held in the room and forced to provide sexual services for a week. The girl said she feared for her safety and couldn't contact anyone because her cellphone was confiscated and the hotel phone was disabled.

Phil Kessel put on his ‘good teammate’ hat Tuesday and simply blasted the Toronto media for the way it treats captain Dion Phaneuf. The comments came from a Toronto morning skate in Florida in the above video.

People in Newfoundland and Labrador are still reacting to a less-than-complimentary article in the New York Times by Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard, who wrote that the people he saw at a Jungle Jim's restaurant in St. Anthony was overweight. Clyde Jackman, minister responsible for seniors, wellness and social development, said he understands why the remarks sparked a backlash, but also thinks it's time to have a real conversation about obesity in Newfoundland and Labrador. "When you get a response like that, you just think of your fellow Newfoundlanders and Labradorians," he said.

Ryan Reynolds says he and Blake Lively have become members of the no-sleep-new-parents club since the recent arrival of their daughter. When Jimmy informed the new dad that a sleep allergy is not "possible," the actor offered up a new theory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress on Tuesday that an emerging agreement between Iran and the United States would all but guarantee that Tehran gets nuclear weapons and would be a very bad deal, drawing an extraordinarily blunt rebuttal from President Barack Obama. Netanyahu said "Iran has proven time and again that it cannot be trusted," no matter what it says about permitting verification of the terms of any accord designed to prevent it from getting a nuclear bomb. "The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons," he said in remarks before a packed House chamber that drew loud applause from Republicans and a more restrained reaction from Democrats in an appearance that has stirred political controversy in two countries..

Social media was all aflutter in the wake of Northern Ontario's 7-3 win over Ontario on Monday night at the Brier, in Calgary. Did the team from The Soo overstep the bounds of good sportsmanship with a little physical contact?

A jury in the New York suburbs found Lacey Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, guilty of second-degree murder in the death last year of 5-year-old Garnett-Paul Spears. The defence portrayed Spears as a caring mother and her son as sickly, but the prosecution argued Spears reveled in the attention his illness brought her. Video showed Spears twice taking him into a hospital bathroom with a connector tube and him suffering afterward. "The motive is bizarre, the motive is scary, but it exists," Assistant District Attorney Patricia Murphy said in closing arguments Thursday.

Live sex shows streamed live online from two branches of the Windsor Public Library are being looked into by the Windsor Police Service. CBC discovered more than 50 graphic sex shows were streamed from the Riverside and Fontainebleau branches in east Windsor between November of last year and the end of January. Police spokesperson Sgt. Matt D’Asti said investigators are asking for the public’s help and for anyone who saw anything to come forward. D’Asti said someone needs to file a formal complaint before a criminal investigation can begin.

Martin Lehner is a security expert at Orange Technology in Whitehorse. He says users of Lenovo computers should get their computers checked for pre-installed software. Lehner says many Lenovo computers have software called, "Superfish", which is installed at the factory.

The trial of a 25-year-old woman accused of committing an indecent act on a Toronto-to-Halifax flight has been delayed because her lawyer is ill. Alicia Elizabeth Lander has pleaded not guilty to committing an indecent act, assaulting a police officer, committing an act of mischief and causing a disturbance at Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Jan. 24, 2014. Jason George Chase had pleaded not guilty to committing an indecent act, but he later changed his plea to guilty and waived his right to a trial.

A Southern California teacher who committed suicide by hanging herself in her classroom was a well-liked 31-year-old photography instructor, authorities said Monday. Students arriving at El Dorado High School found Jillian Jacobson's classroom door locked, Placentia police Lt. Eric Point said. Two school staff members got Jacobson down and called 911, Point said. Students were dismissed for the day at 11 a.m. and crisis counsellors were made available on campus, said Assistant Superintendent Kevin Lee, of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Districts.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said Monday he plans legislation to give more power to police to ticket drivers who aren't using the lane to pass. Drivers who clog up the fast lane aren't just a nuisance, said Stone.

The 13th male student involved in the Dalhousie University dentistry school's Facebook scandal remains suspended because he did not participate in the restorative justice program, his lawyer said Tuesday. Ryan Millet was suspended from clinic duties in Jan. 5 and from regular classes on Jan. 8, lawyer Bruce T. MacIntosh said. Millet offered to join the restorative justice program, but "refused to acknowledge that he was guilty of blatant unprofessionalism" and the university would not let him participate, MacIntosh said. MacIntosh said Millet has not been interviewed by university officials, but did testify at the academic standards committee hearings into the matter.

Halifax Regional Police are saying little after Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth was closed for the day due to a potential threat, and they have asked the media not to use social media to give out specific information about officers investigating. Police said they received information about the potential threat at 9 a.m. ET on Tuesday and the mall chose to close after managers were advised of the situation. The nature of the threat or how it was received have not been disclosed. Pierre Bourdages said officers entered a Dartmouth residence on Everette Street, off Pleasant Street, in connection with the threat investigation, but found nothing or no one inside that would help the investigation.

This was one costly dinner, and it had nothing to do with the check. Moin Khan is a top cricket executive in Pakistan, the chief selector and highly influential in choosing the national team that is playing at the Cricket World Cup. He went to dinner about two weeks ago in Christchurch, New Zealand, with his wife and two friends. The restaurant has a casino, and that didn't play well at home — casinos and gambling are banned in Pakistan.